Search results for ‘prison reform’
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Daniel Khalife: Escape of prisoner ‘indicative of state of prison service’, says Prison Reform Trust chief executive
We spoke to Pia Sinha, former governor of several prisons and now CEO of the Prisons Reform Trust.
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Rehabilitation programmes can put lives back on track, says Prison Reform Trust director
We were joined by former prison governor and current director of the Prison Reform Trust, Peter Dawson.
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Alex Hewson, Prison Reform Trust: ‘Our prisons system is crying out for stability’
Alex Hewson, from the Prison Reform Trust. discusses Rory Stewart’s pledge to resign if violence in jails doesn’t fall.
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Cameron pledges prison reforms to tackle ‘failure’
David Cameron is calling for reforms in prisons to combat high levels of violence, self-harm and re-offending.
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Michael Gove plans radical prison reforms
Not so much a prison, more a piece of prime real estate: the government has confirmed it’s considering selling off jails in inner city areas to fund modernisation plans.
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Prison reform tackles youth reoffenders
Justice Secretary Ken Clarke pledges to end the rise in prison numbers by tackling criminals who reoffend, as he is accused of a U-turn after scrapping a key Tory election pledge.
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Grayling plans rehabilitation reform for prisoners
New reforms could see prisoners serving sentences under 12 months forced to undertake a period of rehabilitation provided by private contractors under contracts that pay “by results”.
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Cameron rethink on prison sentencing reform
Controversial Government plans aimed at cutting the prison population, including halving sentences for those who plead guilty early, could be shelved following widespread criticism.
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‘We need a different approach to imprisonment’, says Prison Officers Association
We are joined by Dr Sarah Lewis from Penal Reform Solutions and Steve Gillan from the Prison Officers Association.
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‘We’ll set out a ten-year plan for prisons’ – Treasury minister
We spoke to James Murray – the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and asked him about the bleak picture the prime minister painted.
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‘PM is in a tricky position to take on prison sector’ says youth justice specialist
Andi Brierley is a youth justice specialist at Leeds University and a former inmate himself.
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Conditions in youth detention in England and Wales ‘frightening’, says Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor
A damning new report on children in custody by HM Inspectorate of Prisons has warned that young offender institutions in England and Wales are becoming more violent than adult prison, with young offenders spending way too much time locked up on their own.
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New justice reforms are ‘right approach to sentencing’, says Conservative MP
The government has announced how it plans to tackle overcrowding in prisons across England and Wales. Figures last week showed that the prison population has hit a record high of 88,225.
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Why are some prisoners still serving banned indeterminate prison sentences?
We talk to Mark Day, the Deputy Director at the Prison Reform Trust, and its representative on the Ministry of Justice’s IPP External Stakeholder Challenge Group.
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‘The status quo doesn’t work’ – Wes Streeting MP on child poverty, coming out and reforming the NHS
Wes Streeting MP joins Krishnan Guru-Murthy to talk about his journey from a Stepney council estate to the Labour frontbench in Westminster, his optimism that poverty is a trap we can escape and his vision for an NHS ‘fit for the future’ on the eve of the 2024 UK general election, on this week’s Ways to Change the World podcast.
